... went is because God thought they were a pretty neat idea, and got a lot of fun out of them (After all, we already know He/She has an inordinate fondness for beetles....). More utilitarianly, of course, He/She needed dead dinosaurs to form our modern oil reserves, which are necessary to get Homo ...

... and so on, to be able to preserve. When it comes to number of insect species, J.B.S Haldane said: "The Lord must have an inordinate fondness for beetles" I very much want to read the article. Any links? Camilla